I suppose this applies to those of you who skate more than those who don't, but, everyone is welcome to voice their thoughts

Basically.. I don't know whether its just winter being shit, me being lazy, my city having no skate spots unless you can do handrails down 12 sets, and such, but, I just don't feel like skateboarding that much any more. I mean, I go out for a skate, but, I'd much rather be fingerboarding.
I mean, I guess if you took me to an interesting skatepark, like truro plaza, I'd skate and have fun for hours, but, after a while I'd be like 'ahh, I wish I had my fingerboard so I could sesh that bit of the park with my fingerboard!'.

I guess the point is I've watched fb turn from a hobby into a MASSIVE part of my life. My skateboard has fingerboard stickers on it. I have more fb posters on my wall than skateboarding ones (only one skateboarding one actually). Half the floorspace in my room is taken up by a fingerboard park, and most of the tables/furniture have fingerboard stickers on them.

So, my point of discussion that I raise to you today: what do you think about skateboarding being overtaken by fingerboarding? On a personal level of course, but, fingerboarding loads and skateboarding occasionally, probably sounds crazy to some. I know some people are like 'well, you're okay for fingerboarding because you skate also'. I am farrr past the age of giving a shit what people think of my life, I'm happy, but, I'm curious about this. Do you think its alright for something that started fingerboarding essentially, to become second place to fingerboarding for some people? or do some people think we should all skate? State reasons please, I'm intrigued as to peoples thoughts on this

I'm not going to stop skateboarding, I guess in the summer I'll probably do it more and more, just, right now, if I had friends irl who fingerboarded, I'd much rather chill with them than go for a skate, and I've been thinking that way for a few months now.

Discuss

well, for me, i dont skate almost at all, hardley ever, fingerboarding is a much bigger park, its almost kind of like thats my #1 hobby, its so addicting and so much fun, it never gets old

fingerboarding for me is one of my favourite hobbies. I ride a bmx i dont skate but when its cold i really cant be bothered to go out and bmx i go like everyday in the summer tho lol but i fingerboard everyday too

I dont see what you would find interesting in fingerboarding if you dont skate. Thats what i think.

interesting point alex...
I can see that if someone had NEVER skateboarded, they might not enjoy fingerboarding as much, but, if you skated for a long time, then didn't do it as much as you used to, you'd already be interested in fingerboarding

i used to skate like 12 years or so ago and fingerboarded around that time.
i think fingerboarding should be a fun thing and more or less everybody can do it and get good at it. its not like you hurt yourself on a fingerboard. being pro on a skateboard is hard work.....being pro on a fingerboard is cool cos you can do it sitting down...

finger boarding is just a hobby im good at and enjoy but skating is a big part of my life because all of my friends do it and its more challenging like when you wanna kickflip something huge were as on a fingerboard its easy .i enjoy both

When it's cold outside or when I'm lazy I fingerboard. When it's nice and sunny I go skating.

Kerry i mean like if youve never skated or found skating interesting, i doubt you would like fingerboarding.

Boffey wrote:

I dont see what you would find interesting in fingerboarding if you dont skate. Thats what i think.

lol i used to skate when i was 7 or 8 but then i got a bmx and i rode that more. i sometimes go to a indoor skatepark on my board but i bmx more lol

the thing thats great about fbing is that you can make your own decks etc , you cant in skaterboarding, unless you are a company, also fingerboarding is great while at school. i got expelled but left knowing how to rip a fb.

Lol true, fbing, you can just do it on your desk, manual or grind on anything basically. Skating, you have to travel to spots and whatever.

and in skating you slam. ive dislocated a knee cap from it, and have some nasty scars on my shins from my bmx peddles. also i think fbing is excepted more as a hobby now. 15 years ago not many people did it, only skaters. now everybody it seems fboards.

blosom wrote:

the thing thats great about fbing is that you can make your own decks etc , you cant in skaterboarding, unless you are a company, also fingerboarding is great while at school. i got expelled but left knowing how to rip a fb.

I fb all the time at school .were you a badman at school or somethin lol

Boffey wrote:

Lol true, fbing, you can just do it on your desk, manual or grind on anything basically. Skating, you have to travel to spots and whatever.

Exactly, I love how its even easier to make things into fb spots, find fb spots, or to do it inside on a desk. Skate spots are few and far between here..

I think some people like skateboarding more because of the thrill that they could fall off, so slamming is a good thing for some and not for others

i couldnt do tre flip to nose grind down a handrail on a real skateboard though.....at least not without looking like a fool and hurting myself. lol.

hahaha quite.. I couldn't even attempt that, I just wouldn't have the balls to pop a treflip handrail height and try and catch it into a grind I can't do XD

And also it's easier to build a fingerboard park than a skatepark

hahaha quite, skateparks usually cost around £200,000 and require a large amount of space, my fingerboard park has cost me like 30 quid, and to finish it that I'm doing on monday or tuesday will cost under 10 quid, so, yea, 40 quid for a park vs 200,000..
I don't think you could build a skatepark in less than a week also XD

Yeah but your not the one that pays for the skate park Unless you Bam Margera or something and want a private park

lol bam turned his house into a skatepark xD
then tony hawk put a hole in his roof with his board

You cant exactly ask the council for funding for a fingerboard park XD
Where i live, were hoping to get our skatepark improved, so it has lights and a smooth floor and maybe some new ramps.

Our park is built from metal, and some retard waxed every single thing Slippery as fuck... (Sorry it's kinda off topic )